Mexico earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 24 km NNE of Coyuquilla Norte, Mexico

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 24 km NNE of Coyuquilla Norte, Mexico on Mon, Jan 29, 1979, 12:29 PM CST (18:29 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.6 12 km SSE of Vallecitos de Zaragoza, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Jan 29, 1979, 12:29 PM CST
UTC: 1979-01-29 18:29:32 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 17.593° N, 100.979° W
Region: Mexico
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.0	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.27	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.21

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 71

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000ync (also filed as iscgem671645). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.